Dear Colleagues,
Thank God for giving us this chance to meet in so wonderful conditions.May God bless all those who helped and participated to make it a bright point in our hearts.
Ramadan Kareem to all of you . I miss you all so much,our friends in Syria,Jordan and Delaware.
I have been trying to email you on the group site but everytime I got a message from yahoo that they couln't convey my message.I don't know why, although I sent Haddel a respond to her email after that and it got through.Now Iam copying my last email again which I tried to send maybe on September 27 or so because I really want to share this with you.
I'd like to tell you about one of the activities we did in our center which was so interesting and a lot of fun for the students and the teachers.
We gad three classes of the same age with three different teachers.They were all tenth grade students.
For the first class ,the teacher went out with some of them and took different pictures of them in the stores,on the steert ,in the street market ,and around.Then every group took a picture in order to create a suitable conversation to go with it.They typed their work and prepared big copies of the pictures.Some of the students chose to write paragraphes telling stories about the pictures.
The second class surfed the net to collect information about their favorite sports or athletes.They typed the information with big pictures of the sports and athletes.
The third class made their own jewelry.They used beans,seeds,dried plants and things like that.Then each group wrote about the materials they used and how they made the jewelry .
Now,in the hall ,we have a wonderful exhibit of what these classes prepared.And we ask other classes to go around in the break and have a look at the exhibit.Then in class ,they discuss what they think about it.
It is so enjoyable for the students .I hope you will find it useful.
Best regards,
Balqees
PS Deb,I was so excited when I read your email .Thanks for sharing more of your experience with us.